Clothes-pounder



No. 626,455. Patented lune 6, |899. P. BYRNS.

"Nun l /l i ATENT Enron.

PHILANDER BYRNS, OF SPARTA, WISCONSIN.

CLOTHES- POUNDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent 190.626,45 5, dated June 6,1899.

Application filed November 19, 1898. Serial No. 696,890. (No model.)

To all whom t 11mg/ concern,.-

Be it known that I, PHILANDER BYRNs, a citizen of the UnitedStates,residin g at Sparta, in the county of Monroe and State ofI/Visconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inClothes-Founders; and I do hereby declare the followingto be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

In the formation of laundry apparatus of the type comprising a body tobe repeatedly pressed upon the clothes submerged in sudswater it isdesirable that provision be had for the escape of the air confinedwithin the body when forcing it down upon the clothes and to utilize theescaping air, so as to facilitate the washing process by agitatin g thesuds-water and causing it to pass through the clothes and remove thedirt lodged in the meshes thereof.

Lightness and durability of construction are important yfactors in theprovision of a machine of the pounder variety.

rI he washing-machine pounder forming the basis of this inventionembodies the features enumerated herein, and the novel features will benoted at length in the subjoined description and pointed out moreparticularly in the appended claim.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of the pounder tilted soas to show more clearly the crossed bars located at its mouth. Fig. 2 isa vertical central section thereof. Fig. 3 is an end view of the machineinverted, parts being broken away. Fig. 4 is a detail viewof the lowerend portion of the pounder on a larger scale.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followiu gdescription and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the samereference characters.

The pounder is composed of two shells having a concentric arrangementand approximately of like construction, each shell being of conicalform. The conical shells have a space l between them. This space hascommunication at its upper end with the upper portion of the inner shell2 by means of openings 3, formed in the sides of the shell 2 near itstop. The lower portion of the outer shell 4 is contracted and isiuted orcorrugated, as shown at 5, forming a multiplicity of passages 6 betweenthe lower end portions of the shells through which the air and waterflow when the machine is in operation. The flutes, erimps, orcorrugations have parallel relation and regular formation and areobliquely disposed, as better results are 0btained.

The inner shell 2 projects a short distance below the outer shell 4 andhas an outer ange 7, which prevents injurious contact of the edge of theshell with the clothes. This fiange 7 stiffens the lower end of theshell 2 and constitutes a guard for the fluted edge 4of the shell 4 andprevents foreign substances read= ily entering the lower ends of thepassages 6.

Rods or bars 8 are placed at the mouth or lower end of the shell 2 andare rigidly secured at their ends to the shell at diametrically oppositepoints. These rods or bars cross and act as beaters when the pounder isin active service and stiften and strengthen the machine.

The upper end of the shell 2 terminates a short distance from the upperend of the shell 4 and a short tube 9 connectsthern and forms Va socketfor the staff or handle 10.

The machine may be constructed of sheet metal or any material suitablefor the purpose and may be used singly or form an element of a group.

Various changes in the form, proportion, and minor details'ofconstruction may be resorted to without departing from the spirit of theinvention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is-

A clothes-pounder comprising two conical shells arranged one within theother and separated by an interspace communicating with the inner shellat its upper part, the outer shell having its lower edge crimped andengaging the inner shell at intervals to form discharge-passages for theinterspace.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

PIIILANDER BYRNS.

Witnesses:

BRADLEY I-I. I-IAoKE'rr, J. A. Mosnnn.

